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The continent of Antarctica in the south polar region of Earth NASA

Polar bear with cub Scott Schliebe/USFWS

This portrait of an Alaskan Inuit man wearing a fur jacket with hood was most likely taken at the beginning of the 20th century. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Photograph by Cann Studio, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska

This Inuit woman is carrying her baby on her back, which was the traditional Inuit way to carry a baby. The hoods of women's parkas were made extra large to fit an infant if necessary. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, Photograph by Lomen Bros., 1906

Seals and krill live in the Southern Ocean. Courtesy of Uwe Kils

In these pictures you see adult Adelie penguins trying to protect their young from the storm and chicks that had to face their first Antarctic snow storm alone. Courtesy of Jean Pennycook / Penguin Science

One week after the first penguin chick hatched. Courtesy of Jean Pennycook / Penguin Science